Just how rich was the True Dragon clan?
Many people knew that the True Dragon clan was rich. After all, they were the noble scions of heaven and earth, had a long history, and had a Perfected Lord presiding over them. With such a status, they couldn't possibly be poor.
But exactly how rich were they?
In this regard, the True Dragon clan had always hidden it very strictly and never leaked any information... However, today, Lu Yang witnessed it with his own eyes.
Contrary to Lu Yang's expectations, the treasury itself wasn't actually large. It was just a small room with a desk and bookshelves on the left and right.
Then Lu Yang was dumbfounded.
He saw it more clearly than anyone else. The desk and bookshelves were all made of wood, and flowing impressively on them was the aura of a Natural Immortal Spirit, which Lu Yang was all too familiar with!
These are stillborn Natural Immortal Spirits? Immortal Spirits that failed to be nurtured, failed to be born successfully, and ultimately died suddenly like this... This desk, these bookshelves, are all [Yang Wood]? That's right. They were all crafted using the stillborn fetus of a [Yang Wood] Natural Immortal Spirit as the base!
Extravagant!
Spiritual materials of this level were enough to craft the finest of superior Spirit Treasures, or even more than enough to be directly refined as Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends!
But even so, its only function here was to hold things.
Lu Yang shifted his gaze to the items on the desk and bookshelves. Placed on the desk were a daoist book and the Four Treasures of the study—writing brush, ink stick, paper, and inkstone.
On the bookshelves on both sides, there were three items placed on each.
On the left bookshelf sat a teapot, a seal, and a piece of jade with seven orifices. On the right bookshelf sat a small box, a crystal ball, and a brilliant golden light contained in a glazed bottle, its radiance so bright it was hard to look at directly.
"Holy sh*t!"
Lu Yang might not recognize the other items, but he was all too familiar with the golden light contained in the glazed bottle—it was unexpectedly a Golden Nature!
Lu Yang immediately operated the [Exquisite Heart] to look.
Seeing that streak of Golden Nature enter his eyes, it impressively presented the image of a [White Chi Dragon] baring its fangs and claws, its huge dragon pupils staring fiercely ahead.
Lu Yang pinched his fingers to calculate and instantly understood its origins.
This is... that [White Chi Dragon]!
The Dragon Lord's eldest son, the Dragon Palace Crown Prince before Tian Qiu, the former Golden Core seed of the True Dragon clan. In the end, he was fished out and killed by the four major powers.
"After Elder Brother died, a dao sin was born. Father suppressed it, refined its Golden Nature, and has kept it preserved here ever since." Tian Qiu said in a flat tone, "The reason Father cooperated with the Dao Court, aside from finding a way out for the clan, actually also included some thoughts of reviving Elder Brother."
"Oh?"
Lu Yang raised his eyebrows upon hearing this: "when a dao sin was born; the soul should have long since reincarnated and died cleanly. What can he use to revive with just a single Golden Nature?"
"That I am not clear..."
Tian Qiu shook his head: "I only know that Father has exhausted his heart's blood all these years to create this Rank 3 True Art, precisely to prepare for Elder Brother's recovery."
Lu Yang followed Tian Qiu's finger and looked at the daoist book placed on the desk.
[Dragon Scripture of Heaven's Radiant Decree]!
Lu Yang scanned it with his divine sense and immediately frowned.
This was a Rank 3 True Art. However, surprisingly, it wasn't prepared for True Dragons or demon cultivators, but for human cultivators.
And not just ordinary human cultivators.
"According to Father, joining the Dao Court has pros and cons. The benefit is naturally returning to the inland, and with the Dao Court as a backer, the True Dragon clan can be strengthened."
"The downside is that coming under the Dao Court's rule is equivalent to lowering one's stature. Therefore, once done, all future True Dragon clan members will no longer be noble scions of heaven and earth who reach Foundation Establishment upon adulthood, but will be reduced to merely somewhat talented monsters, significantly lowering the clan's potential."
"But there is a method to avoid this downside."
Speaking of this, Tian Qiu subconsciously lowered his voice: "That is rebellion! Find a way to overthrow the Tianwu Imperial Family, then replace it with the True Dragon clan!"
Once these words came out, Lu Yang was instantly stunned.
"...Huh?"
Staging a rebellion under the Dao Court's rule?
Crazy!
"Master may not know," Tian Qiu shook his head and explained, "The Jiangdong Dao Court is different from the other three major powers; it allows rebellion to exist."
"The general trend of the world is that that which is long divided must unite, and that which is long united must divide."
"This is a [Heavenly Principle]."
"Before the Tianwu Imperial Family, there were the descendants of Emperor Zou Yu, who held charge of [City-Top Earth]. How domineering were they? Yet didn't they still perish?"
"So Father's idea was that after joining the Dao Court, we would bide our time. When the imperial throne changes, we would let Elder Brother's Golden Nature reincarnate, then bestow this [Dragon Scripture of Heaven's Radiant Decree] upon him, letting him join the competition for the throne, with the True Dragon clan fully supporting him to seize the great position."
"Something like this... the Dao Lord won't interfere?"
"Of course not!"
Tian Qiu laughed: "What kind of vision does a Dao Lord have? Why would he pay attention to such things? Besides, once my clan enters the Dao Court, we are considered part of the Dao Lord's system."
"Moreover, Father created this method specifically to make the Dao Lord accept us."
"As a Rank 3 True Art, this method points to the Dao Fruit [Heavenly Fire], the supreme of the Fire Element, which no one has successfully attained up to now."
"If my True Dragon clan can attain it and then become the Dao Court's Imperial Family, it would be equivalent to pulling this Dao Fruit into the Dao Court's official position system. Would the Dao Lord refuse such a great thing? Especially after [City-Top Earth] was lost to the Pure Land, the Dao Court would only be happy to see this happen!"
"So that's how it is..."
Only then did Lu Yang understand the True Dragon clan's overall plan. Undeniably, from the perspective of washing their hands clean and going ashore, this plan was quite perfect.
What he valued even more was—
This [Dragon Scripture of Heaven's Radiant Decree]... is probably very suitable for me!
Because when the Dragon Lord created the method, he left a backdoor in it. According to the imagery of the cultivation method, if one wanted to cultivate this method successfully, one had to be a "Human-Body Dragon Descendant."
This wasn't a problem that could be solved simply by draping a layer of human skin like a demon transforming. Instead, one needed to truly possess a human body while simultaneously possessing the bloodline stature of a True Dragon. It belonged to a complex and tedious project; even with the Dragon Lord's means, shaping it was probably not easy.
In other words, don't just look at it as a Rank 3 True Art.
In reality, there was simply no one in the world right now who could cultivate this method. Let alone using it for Foundation Establishment, one couldn't even enter the gate at the Qi Refining stage.
But for Lu Yang, none of this was a problem.
Because of the Golden Talent, [True Dragon Blood Descendant]!
The current Lu Yang perfectly met the cultivation conditions of a "Human-Body Dragon Descendant" inside and out. This cultivation method was practically tailor-made for him!
To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that [True Dragon Blood Descendant] was a talent brought by [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes], and [Dragon Scripture of Heaven's Radiant Decree] was clearly the Dragon Lord's plan from many years ago, he would probably have started suspecting if someone was plotting against him. After all, this was just too coincidental.
There wouldn't be another trap, right...
Thinking of this, Lu Yang couldn't help but rub the center of his brows. Feeling unsure, he had to put it aside temporarily and look at the other items stored in the treasury.
For example, the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone on the desk besides the [Dragon Scripture of Heaven's Radiant Decree].
The Four Treasures of the Study didn't seem like much at first glance, but as Lu Yang activated the [Exquisite Heart] and saw through the fog, his eyes almost popped out.
Brush: [Wu Earth].
Ink: [Wu Fire].
Paper: [Ji Earth].
Inkstone: [Wei Earth].
[Heavenly Fire]... Damn it, these are the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends corresponding to [Heavenly Fire]! The Dragon Lord actually prepared them all for his son already!
For a moment, Lu Yang was shaking with anger.
Is this what a second-generation immortal is like?
Looking back, how much hardship had he paid to collect Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends?
Filthy rich dog! The world becomes more and more rotten precisely because there are too many of these guys who can climb up easily relying on their background...
Oh wait, I'm a True Dragon now…
In that case, these are actually all my property?
Then it's fine!!